Croton Point Park

[TheCuban]

Water: Hudson River, flat to choppy water.
Beach: Lots of obstacles.
Weather: Summer is nice and warm. Winter very cold. Spring and autumn wetsuit needed, winter can bee too cold.
Wind:
North: sideonshore
Northwest: onshore
West: sideonshore
Southwest: sideshore
South: sideoffshore
Southeast: offshore
East: sideoffshore
Northeast: sideshore
Works only in North and easterly winds. Winds come with depression of any strenght. Summer lighter, good in spring and autumn. Usually onshore, gusty winds.
How to get there:
From New York drive North along the East side of the Hudson River on the 9/9A or Briarcliff Peekskill Parkway. Exit at Croton Point Park and get to the northeast end of the park.
Rules & Restrictions:
Onshore gusty winds, trees, posts, signs, fence, driftwood and other debris on beach. Advanced kiteboarders only!



Resources; www.kitebeaches.com

[TheCuban]

[nj ricegirl]

Kite & Dine

Monteverde Restaurant: http://monteverderestaurant.com
; $$$$
Awesome view of the Hudson River, great food, great service, beautiful setting. Located north of the park, worth the extra drive. Be sure to try the desserts.

Guadalajara Mexican Restaurant: Briarcliff Manor, on Rte. 9.
; $$
Mediocre food, bad service, noisy.

Next exit off 9, north of Croton Park exit, RTE. 129 in strip mall:
Azul Mexican Grill: heard from a local it is not too good. But could be an OK take out option.
Gourmet shop in this strip mall looks like a great place to get prepared food for lunch or dinner.

[nj ricegirl]

There is an $8 parking fee to get into the park. If you come in after 4:30, you don't have to pay.

If you think you will be there fairly often (there is also camping and cabins there), you can buy a membership fee for $45. It is good for 3 years and lets you into the park for $4 plus discounted camping fees.

More info: http://www.westchestergov.com/parks/ParksLocations02/CrotonPointPark.htm

[TheCuban]

Kite/Feet killer seed pods on the beach

[nj ricegirl]

Maybe this is what one of the locals was referring to when he mentioned looking out for stuff in the water?? I did notice all the local kiters were wearing booties...I pointed this out to Joe before he went out: who BTW did get his foot punctured. In addition to the waterchestnuts, there were also glass on the beach and a syringe (no needle).

I think they are more nasty than the crab carapaces on kitebeach.

[teklife]

wow, you guys are truly, THE SHIT!!

thanks for pics of parking and launching, but the tip, and photo, of them killer seed pods... that shit's insane!

looks like a gorgeous place to kite. you lucky bastards beat me to all of them.

what's your favorite place so far?

mykl

[KnarfEK]

Has anyone checked out the alternate site at Croton Point Park?

Big shallow bay, no swimmers, etc... , isolated beach. At the most there might be a few small fishing boats in the entire shallow bay.

Park at the head of the RV park. There's a parking lot just before the RV area. Walk down the road a short ways to the beach. Winds primarily coming up the Hudson right into the beach.